Nantucket phylogeny developeR bootcamp We are happy to announce a new graduate-level workshop on phylogenetic method development R. The course will be five days in length and will take place at the University of Massachusetts Boston's Nantucket Field Station from the 22nd to the 26th of August, 2016. This workshop is primarily intended for evolutionary biologists with some prior experience in computer programming who have an interest in participating more fully in the community of method developers for the R statistical computing environment in phylogenetics.
On the first 1.5 days of the workshop, course leaders Drs. April Wright and Klaus Schliep (with Dr. Liam Revell participating remotely) will provide an introduction to the primary data structures and methods of common phylogenetic R packages, the basics of computational algorithms for phylogenies, and an overview of package development in R, along with other essential topics that will depend on the prior experience of the bootcamp participants. Over subsequent workshop days participants will work in groups to develop small R packages on their chosen topics. These projects will focus on adding new functionality to existing R software in phylogenetics, and might range from tree manipulation, to phylogenetic inference, to comparative methods, to phylogenetic simulations, to the visualization of phylogenies or macroevolutionary data on trees. The workshop is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to Dr. Liam Revell, with additional support from the University of Massachusetts Boston. All accepted students will be offered a stipend to cover or defray travel costs to and from Nantucket, and room and board during the workshop will be provided. As the workshop will be held at a field station, accommodation is comfortable, but basic, and participants should be prepared to stay in multiple occupancy rooms. To apply for the course, please fill the google form (http://goo.gl/forms/4m5ILAGfzRihe9jS2) and submit your CV along with a short (1 page) description of your research interests and your reasons for participating in the workshop. Details of relevant programming background (computer languages, R knowledge, GitHub repositories, ...) should also be provided. Admission is competitive, and preference will go towards students with background in evolutionary biology, basic to moderate experience in computer programming, and a compelling motivation for taking the course. Applications should be submitted the google form (http://goo.gl/forms/4m5ILAGfzRihe9jS2) by July 15th, 2016. Questions can be directed to klaus.schl...@umb.edu. For an HTML version of this advertisement, please see: http://www.phangorn.org/pages/Nantucket.html -- Klaus Schliep Postdoctoral Fellow Revell Lab, University of Massachusetts Boston [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-phylo mailing list - R-sig-phylo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-phylo Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/r-sig-phylo@r-project.org/
